Highway fatalities: Largest annual percentage increase in 50 years

November 15, 2016 12:54 pm

We spotted this stat today:

“After steady declines over the last four decades, highway fatalities last year recorded the largest annual percentage increase in 50 years. And the numbers so far this year are even worse. In the first six months of 2016, highway deaths jumped 10.4 percent, to 17,775, from the comparable period of 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.”